12th Avenue & 37th Street

The four-way crossing of 12th Avenue and 37th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
37 St/12 Av · B16
Within a walk
26 places
11 schools, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.5 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 37 St/12 Av, 110 feet away, for the B16.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 37 St/12 Av B16
    110 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 12th Avenue and 37th Street.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 12 Ave & 36 St 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 37th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of 37th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SATURDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    350 feet
  2. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    420 feet
  3. Twinkle Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
Show all 19
  1. Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph School
    430 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    570 feet
  3. Little Roses Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  4. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  5. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    700 feet
  6. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School
    910 feet
  7. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
  8. Kesser Malka School
    1,070 feet
  9. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    1,070 feet
  10. Mesivta Meor Hatorah School
    1,080 feet
  11. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  12. Daemen University-Brooklyn Branch College
    1,270 feet
  13. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Ctr Preschool
    1,290 feet
  14. Bais Meir School
    1,300 feet
  15. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    1,300 feet
  16. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 37th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.